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Revelation, 9 May 1831, as Recorded in Gilbert, Notebook [D&C 50]

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Revelation, [
Kirtland Township

Located ten miles south of Lake Erie. Settled by 1811. Organized by 1818. Latter-day Saint missionaries visited township, early Nov. 1830; many residents joined Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Population in 1830 about 55 Latter-day Saints and...

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, Geauga Co., OH], [9] May 1831. Version copied [ca. June 1831] in Gilbert, Notebook, [24]–[31]; handwriting of
Sidney Gilbert

28 Dec. 1789–29 June 1834. Merchant. Born at New Haven, New Haven Co., Connecticut. Son of Eli Gilbert and Lydia Hemingway. Moved to Huntington, Fairfield Co., Connecticut; to Monroe, Monroe Co., Michigan Territory, by Sept. 1818; to Painesville, Geauga Co...

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; Revelations Collection, CHL. For more complete source information, see the source note for Revelation, 27 Feb. 1833 [D&C 89].

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See Historical Introduction to Revelation, 9 May 1831 [D&C 50].
Asterisk (*) denotes a "featured" version, which includes an introduction and annotation. *Revelation, 9 May 1831 [D&C 50]

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my Gospel by the Spirit, even the Comforter which was sent forth to teach the truth, & then received ye the Spirits which ye could not understand, and received them to be of God— and in this are ye justified?— Behold ye shall answer this question of yourselves, nevertheless I will be merciful unto you, he that is weak among you hereafter shall be made strong— verily I say unto you he that is
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The conferral of power and authority; to appoint, decree, or set apart. Church members, primarily adults, were ordained to ecclesiastical offices and other responsibilities by the laying on of hands by those with the proper authority. Ordinations to priesthood...

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of me, & sent forth to preach the word of truth by the Comforter in the Spirit of truth, doth he preach it by the Spirit of truth, or some other way, & if by some other way, it be not of God, and again he that receiveth the word of truth, doth he receive it by the Spirit of truth or some other way, if it be some other way it be not of God.— Wherefore why is it that ye cannot understand [p. [26]]
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